Media Release

Güralp Systems Ltd, the leading global provider of seismic monitoring instrumentation and solutions, has announced a new distribution partnership with the Massachusetts-based company Weston Geophysical Corp.

The United States represents an important market for Güralp, and the partnership agreement will benefit the timing of a number of new product launches planned for 2016.

Weston brings a long and successful history in seismic monitoring research and field deployments to its new partnership with Güralp. The company’s expertise in explosion and earthquake seismology across a broad range of real-world applications will help ensure successful solutions for customers with specific monitoring objectives.

“We are delighted to welcome the Weston Geophysical team on board and look forward to working with them to further strengthen our position in the US market”, said Chris Potts, Executive Chairman of Güralp Systems Ltd.

"Güralp is world-renowned for the quality of its instrumentation and customer service. We are very pleased to be able to offer Güralp’s products to enhance its US customer base” said James Lewkowicz, President of Weston Geophysical Corp.

The partnership with Weston is the latest in a number of new distribution agreements that Güralp has confirmed in recent months, complementing their other new distributors in Thailand, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal.

The expanded distributor network reflects the company’s commitment to working with partners who can assist in bringing sophisticated Güralp seismic instrumentation to the global marketplace whilst providing first class customer service.

Güralp Systems Ltd.(www.guralp.com) is a leading global provider of sophisticated seismic monitoring solutions used to understand natural seismological events such as earthquakes, aftershocks and volcanos, as well as induced seismic events, or seismic signals, resulting from human activity.

Our solutions are used in research, civil and industrial applications to increase understanding, optimise processes and to protect people and the environment. Our equipment is installed in all major ocean basins and across all continents worldwide.

Our instruments range in performance from very low frequency, very low noise for global seismology to high dynamic range instruments for local, strong motion monitoring. Our sensors and can be supplied for deployment at the surface, in boreholes and on the ocean bottom. We also provide data acquisition equipment, power and communication accessories and data interpretation software.

Headquartered in Reading, in the UK, we have been operating for more than 30 years and have established a global network of distributors who provide local customer support and sales services.

Weston Geophysical Corp. (www.westongeo.com), headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, is a recognized leader in seismic monitoring research to improve the characterization of earthquake and explosion sources. For nearly two decades, Weston has applied its technical expertise to help government agencies, industry and academia understand complex signals recorded on seismic and acoustic instruments.